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Submitted: 3/8/21 • Approved: 3/8/21 • Last Updated: 3/11/21 • R395382-G0-S3
1908-1997
Photo, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Wylie C. McKinney, 88, of Borger died Thursday, August 7, 1997 in Amarillo.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Andrews Methodist Church with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of the Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Interment will be in the Garden of Devotion in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Pallbearers will be Bill McKinney, Donny Paul McKinney, Jeff Ward, Mark Haydon, Jonny Reagan and Brian Reagan.
A native of Hedley, Mr. McKinney was raised in the Dodson-Wellington area and came to Borger in 1942. While in Wellington, he served as deputy sheriff and constable of the area. He was a Baptist and a past member of the Hutchinson County Sheriffs Posse. He worked for Phillips Petroleum Company as a foreman before his retirement.
Mr. McKinney was preceded in death by his wife, Mable, in February of 1984.
Survivors include his daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Casey Collins of Fritch and Sally and Jim Hayes of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; one brother, Paul McKinney of Borger; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, August 8, 1997)
Contributed on 3/8/21 by neldapat
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